Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-23

gene july were ready Win a verdict. ne
Judge, taking the verdict, read aloud the
words pronouncing Watt aud Swartz guilty
of the murder, and sentencing them to i'm
prlsonment in the penitentiary for life. The
verdict was received by the prisoners with
out look OF action of surprise. A motion
is pending for a new trial. The motion will,
doubtless, be oyerruled. Then notice
will be given of an appeal and, in all
probability. stay Of proceedings and a
hearing in the upper courts will follow.
Springfield, ILL.,, telegram, 13th-The
remains of President Lincoln will be moved
tomorrow from the place in which they
rested so long in such profound secrecy, to
their former resting place. The general
public has not been aware that the mar
tyred presidents dust was not enclosed in
the marble tomb in the north hall of the
monument. The memorial society win on
Friday hold appropriate services in the hall
OF the house OF representatives.. The So
ciety has prepared a statement of the facts
vices. This paper will reveal all the ec1et
Arrangements are about completed tonight
SO that the remains of Mr.. Lincoln an be
placed by tho side of his wife.
At Palatine, H., while a crowd were
viewing a wreck on the Northwestern r.
R., on the 18th five persons were killed by
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cident occurred at 5 o'clock in the afternoon
and it is supposed hat the collision OF the
freight trans in the immediate vicinity in
the morning Jared the immense water tank
containing $4,000 gallons of water and
loosened or cracked the hoops, which gave
way, while large crowd Of country people
were standing Immediately under the
structure when it collapsed and buried the
people under the wreckage and the tank
killing five persons, two boys and three
men, and seriously injuring two others.
A tornado equalling anything in cy-
clone history struck the Ohio river towns of
st. Clairsville, Martins Ferry, Bellaire,
Pasco and Barton's station and intermediate
country on the afternoon of April Is, a year
and day after the great Sank Rapids and
st. Cloud tornado in Minnesota. The destruc-
ton of property was terrible and the river
for miles is strewn with wreckage. The
create destruction conferred at one point
was at St. Clairsville, where the dwellings
of so families are in ruins. One man was
killed and quite number injured. The
total damage is estimated at 81 OO0,00O.
Large tracks Of timber were torn down, and
everything movable blown about like chatf.
Since Gov Hill vetoed the Crosby
high license bill, chiefly on the ground that
It was applicable only to New York
and Brooklyn, new bill
has been intro duced in the New
York legislature of general scope. It di-
vides all saloons into two classes, the first
class comprising places where ali kinds of
liquor are sold and the second where malt
liquors, wines and cider only are sold. The
rates established are Now York and Brook
lyn, frst-class, $500; second class, ST. O..
Buffalo, first-clsss, $500; second class SOL.
All other portions Of the state, frst-clsss,
$l5Q, second class, $50.
Anevent which q year go would have
been considered of startling Importance
happened in Chicago few days ago. The
formidable organization which filed the
history of Chicago for 1856 with terror and
excitement drew its last breath and was
buried. The anarchistic groups Of the
International Working Peoples associa-
ton voted to disband. This was done
because, as it claimed, there were spies in
their midst whose object was to incite them
to crime.
At 5 o'clock on the evening of the
18th, an emute occurred in the Raleigh,
N. G., penitentiary. It began by the in
subOrdination of one prisoner, who drew a
knife and refused to obey orders. He was
knocked down by the guards and taken to
the hospital. Most OF the convicts then
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police force and the governors guard went
to the aid of the penitentiary authorities,
and by wise and firm management order
and obedience was secured without loss of
life.
Norfolk, Va, was visited with a
cyclone on the 10Th. It's track was about
100 yards wide. The house Of John Wright,
six miles north of Suffolk, was completely
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young sister and James Luke were in the
house at the time. Mrs. Wright and Mr.
Luke were killed, the young girl fatally
injured, and Mr.. Wright seriously hurt.
Much other damage was done to property
along the path of the cyclone.
The board of Trade Of Los Angeles,
Cal, has adopted resolution asking the
Interstate Commerce Commissioners to
temporarily suspend Sec. of the Inter
State Commerce law, as the fruit and wine
crops OF California will soon mature and
the manufacturers, packers, and shippers
fear to make contracts for the raw pro-
ducts. owing to the heavily increased
freights under the Interstate law.
John 7. Fernandez and Henry
Bernard, members of a New Orleans
fencing club, had friendly set-to Sunday
with foils. The button OF Bernard
weapon was broken off during the en-
counter, and sudden thrust drove the
point of the blade into Fernandez's brain,
entering below the left eye. Fernandez
dled and Bernard surrendered himself to
the police. ~
Mackay and Flood, the California
bonanza kings are squeezing the San Fran.
cisco wheat market, and some big failures
are looked for. The small operators are
imploring the Produce Exchange Board to
save them by putting into effect Rule of
the board, which provides that when there
is fictitious market the board may estab-
lish q price for fulfillment of contracts.
The German steamer Raiatea burned
at sea Feb. 10. The crew and passengers
escaped in boats, and after much suffering
were castupon an island in the Toumutu
group, whence they made their way to
Tahiti. One passenger died; the rest.o of the
passengers and crew arrived safely in San
Francisco Saturday.
Fire Tuesday night in Orancock
Virginia, destroyed most of the business
portion of the town. Twenty-three houses
including the Grand Central hotel, post
office and q number of business houses.
We're burned There is no fire department
in the town and the citizens could only
fight the fire with buckets Loss $50, COZ,
insurance $4,000.
At Topeka, Kansas, on the 18th.
Mrs. 3. smoot, a bride of eight weeks, com
mitted suicide by taking dose of Trough
on Rats" Her husband is an engineer On
the railroad She was a beautiful girl of il
years. He was 36 years old. The cause OF
the act is mystery, as her husband was
kind and devoted.